The Inescapable Nightmare of The Prison is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Warden Rust with an iron fist, and notable for its rum-swilling pirates, anti-smoking policies, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 3.306 billion Prisoners are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Prison Delta. The average income tax rate is 63.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Prisoner economy, worth 258 trillion Guard Uniforms a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, Trout Farming, and Uranium Mining. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 78,265 Guard Uniforms, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Police frequently raid drugstores in search of contraband bottles of New Spice aftershave, it's hunting season on loan sharks, the property market is in a bit of a state, and children often kick Caged Rats for amusement. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. The Prison's national animal is the Caged Rat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is False Hope.

The Prison is ranked 141,623^rd in the world and 7^th in Imperial World Nations for Largest Populations, with 3.31 billion capita.